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Back in 1997, I was lucky enough to join a group of other HIV positive people who were getting treatment and reporting this news. And it took another five years before combination therapy – which for the first time worked for longer than just a few months. The first drug did not come until 1987 (although it had been sitting on a shelf since 1961) and the next one took another five years. I am certainly old enough to remember HIV before there was treatment. The first cases were reported in 1981 and HIV was discovered a couple of years later. I am old enough to remember life before AIDS.
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I work at a HIV organisation called i-Base where I report on HIV research. So I will pick four recent news stories and try to get these all in before the 5 minute bell. Also, I think on a show of hands, probably very few people here will have heard of i-Base, and fewer still will read HTB, unless perhaps you are positive and have used our information. This will be from a publication called HIV Treatment Bulletin which is a bit geeky but as i-Base is a community organisation I can’t think of a better community setting to make sure you all know about this. “Hi, I am always inspired by the people who speak at this open mic night and although I’m not very creative with words or talking about personal experiences I want to talk about some of the news that gets me excited. Thanks to Pat Cash and David Stuart for organising this monthly event – and to all the other inspiring speakers – I was proud to be included. This is roughly what I remember saying although blurred by a few pints… I hadn’t planned to speak until I got to the bar, but wanted to link four current stories about HIV, HCV, new drugs and treatment access. This blog is a from a 5-minute open mic talk last night held downstairs at KuKlub bar in Soho. Open mic talk: HIV, HCV, new drugs and treatment accessīlog Open mic talk: HIV, HCV, new drugs and treatment accessĦ November 2015.